Chapter 1 of Little Mother Goose is here in full — 462 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Little Mother Goose is here in full — 462 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FATHER PORCUPINE AND THE ORANGES. One day Father Porcupine was out hunting food. He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges. He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could! Then Father Porcupine laughed and put up his quills, and the oranges stuck on them.
Chapter 1 of Little Mother Goose is here in full — 462 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/92 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the act of consuming food
From this reading “He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.”
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading “One day Father Porcupine was out hunting food.”
plural of “monkey” — any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
From this reading “He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.”
plural of “orange” — round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading “FATHER PORCUPINE AND THE ORANGES.”
past form of “pelt” — cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
From this reading “He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!”
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
From this reading “FATHER PORCUPINE AND THE ORANGES.”
caught or fixed
From this reading “Then Father Porcupine laughed and put up his quills, and the oranges stuck on them.”
lacking kindness
From this reading “He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
place so as to be noticed
In this reading “Then Father Porcupine laughed and put up his quills, and the oranges stuck on them.”
In this reading “One day Father Porcupine was out hunting food.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FATHER PORCUPINE AND THE ORANGES.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading One day Father Porcupine was out hunting food.
the act of consuming food
From this reading He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading FATHER PORCUPINE AND THE ORANGES.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading One day Father Porcupine was out hunting food.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then Father Porcupine laughed and put up his quills, and the oranges stuck on them.
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
From this reading One day Father Porcupine was out hunting food.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Then Father Porcupine laughed and put up his quills, and the oranges stuck on them.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.
plural of “monkey” — any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
From this reading He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then Father Porcupine laughed and put up his quills, and the oranges stuck on them.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day Father Porcupine was out hunting food.
and nothing more
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
plural of “orange” — round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading FATHER PORCUPINE AND THE ORANGES.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading One day Father Porcupine was out hunting food.
past form of “pelt” — cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
From this reading FATHER PORCUPINE AND THE ORANGES.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Then Father Porcupine laughed and put up his quills, and the oranges stuck on them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then Father Porcupine laughed and put up his quills, and the oranges stuck on them.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
caught or fixed
From this reading Then Father Porcupine laughed and put up his quills, and the oranges stuck on them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FATHER PORCUPINE AND THE ORANGES.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then Father Porcupine laughed and put up his quills, and the oranges stuck on them.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then Father Porcupine laughed and put up his quills, and the oranges stuck on them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.
lacking kindness
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Then Father Porcupine laughed and put up his quills, and the oranges stuck on them.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One day Father Porcupine was out hunting food.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He came to a tree in which sat a lot of monkeys eating oranges.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He asked for some, but the unkind monkeys only pelted him with the fruit as hard as they could!
Chapter 1 of Little Mother Goose by Anonymous holds 462 sentences, grouped into 93 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 462 sentences of Little Mother Goose, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Little Mother Goose by Anonymous exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 462 sentences, grouped into 93 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 93 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 93 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Little Mother Goose by Anonymous on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 0 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #? are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #?, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 5 minutes of reading across 0 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Little Mother Goose section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 0 chapters of Little Mother Goose to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Little Mother Goose, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
